“Top female students, Nancy Odhiambo (right), Caroline Kimathi (second right ) and Pauline Mbabu (second left) receive a trophy after winning the technovation challenge, Kenya awards….”

Three jkuat female students from the department of computing won the Safaricom technovation challenge for developing a mosquito repellent application dubbed:quitmosquito. The second-year computer science majors comprising Pauline Mbabu, Caroline Kimathi and Nancy Adhiambo emerged top with their innovation that employs ultrasonic sound frequencies to cause stress to mosquitoes, hence keeping them at bay. the app also integrates a music player for entertainment and to minimize user irritation at low frequencies. the award which they bagged on May 27, saw the creative minds each pocket a tablet, certificate and trophy besides winning the School of Computing and information technology six desktop computers. The trio has also entered their innovation in the global technovation challenge, to be held in San Francisco, United States of America.